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Etymology

Old English spræc (later: spæc)

Pronunciation

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Speech

Singular speech

Plural countable and uncountable; plural speeches

speech (countable and uncountable; plural speeches)

  1. (uncountable) The faculty of speech; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
    It was hard to hear the sounds of his speech over the noise.
  2. (countable) A session of speaking; a long oral message given publicly usually by one person.
    The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.

Derived terms

Related terms

Dutch

Noun

speech m. (plural speeches or speechen)

  1. speech

 

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